There's a particular kind of magic in a book cover that makes you hold your breath and Frances Castle's wraparound illustration for Where the Tide Lines Lead is exactly that.
Sophie Cameron's YA mystery, published by Little Tiger Books, plunges readers into the sun-drenched yet shadow-filled waters off the Spanish coast, where teenagers are vanishing without a trace and the sea holds secrets of its own. When sixteen year old Elio witnesses the ocean open up and swallow a girl whole, he teams up with Sam, a British tourist desperate to find her missing sister - and the two are pulled beneath the waves into an underwater world populated by selkie-like creatures who are not quite what they seem.
It's the kind of story that demands a cover equal to its atmosphere. Frances cover design spans front to back, it's a cover that makes you feel the pull of something strange and beautiful before you've read a single word. Her illustration captures that moment - the surface of the water, the line between the world we know and something altogether stranger beneath it.
Where the Tide Lines Lead is available to buy now. See more of Frances Castle's work on her online portfolio HERE.
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